verslagen1 wrote on 09/23/20 at 17:09:23:
jojoba bushes are all over the desert.
I forgot what the fire fighters call it... something like gas bush.
I called my friend in Ajo AZ,
and she told me that, ‘jojoba’ oil, was a FAD !
It really didn’t work for anything that they touted it for.
It was used just to tell investors how wonderful it was.
Kinna like, ‘Artichokes', in Minn.
They were HIGHLY promoted, and many farmers spent buckko bucks for seed, and specialized planting/harvest equipment.
Just 6 years later they went BELLY UP, and the company equipment, went for fractions of a penny on the dollar at auctions.
And they, Farmers that invested, sold their equipment. for SCRAP metal price.
Reminds me of three, retired old farts, talking over coffee one morning.
One said:
"Had a clothing store for last 50 years, then one day it started on fire, so I took the insurance money and retired”.Next one said:
“I had a hardware store, and a Tornado took it all. So I took the insurance money and retired”.Third one said:
“HOW DO YOU START A TORNADO ?"